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Il n’existe pas de droit européen des sociétés codifié en tant que tel et les États membres continuent d’appliquer leurs propres lois sur les sociétés, qu’ils modifient en tant que de besoin pour se conformer aux directives et aux règlements de l’Union. Les efforts actuellement déployés pour mettre en place un droit des sociétés et un cadre de gouvernance d’entreprise modernes et efficaces pour les sociétés européennes, les investisseurs et les salariés ont pour but de renforcer l’environnement des ...

Social enterprises combine social goals with entrepreneurial activity. They represent a business model focused on having a positive social or environmental impact rather than simply making profit for shareholders. Social enterprises make a valuable contribution to the economy and society, operating mainly in local communities and covering areas such as education, healthcare, social services, work integration and environmental protection. They are also an increasingly popular choice for outsourcing ...

La présente première évaluation conclut que l’analyse d’impact de la Commission est fondée sur des connaissances solides et sur des données pertinentes en ce qui concerne l’industrie des fonds d’investissement. Les éléments concernant spécifiquement les deux catégories de fonds examinées, à savoir les fonds européens de capital-risque et d’entrepreneuriat social, sont néanmoins, de l’aveu même de la Commission, limités. L’AI et l’examen qui l’accompagne n’abordent pas tous les points exposés dans ...

The development of information and communications technologies offers the possibility to establish faster connections and on a larger scale than ever before. This opens up the possibility to establish businesses offering new services to companies and/or communities. A new generation of entrepreneurs is on the rise, mastering the opportunities offered by the connected world. However, while ideas flourish easily, they often prove to be harder to implement in practice. This note has been prepared for ...

The study on The Availability and Use of Assistance for Entrepreneurship to Young People, produced at the request of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, provides a typology of EU-level and national initiatives, of the use of these measures and initiatives by young people and any barriers impeding their take-up, and also analyses the outcomes of these measures. This leaflet presents the key findings of the study.

This document, provided by Policy Department A to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, provides an up-to-date picture of developments as regards the availability and use of support programmes and schemes to promote or facilitate youth entrepreneurship across the EU. It presents a description of existing policy approaches to youth entrepreneurship support and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses through a selection of policy examples from eleven Member States.

Doing business in India today is much more difficult than elsewhere, but the government wants to change this. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the 'Make in India' initiative to attract investors and make India a global manufacturing hub.

The economic and financial crisis has significantly reduced banks' lending to businesses. This gap in financing, coupled with the rise of social media and interactive online platforms, has contributed to the increased popularity of crowdfunding as a possible alternative source of funding. In this context, the European Commission adopted a communication on unleashing the potential of crowdfunding in the EU, as part of efforts to improve the long-term financing of enterprises and encourage innovation ...

The notion of 'consumer' is a key concept de­limiting the application of consumer-pro­tection rules. However, not only is there no con­sis­tent and uniform definition in EU law, there are also divergences amongst the Member States.

Female entrepreneurship is important to the European Union for both gender equality and economic growth. Yet, while women are catching up on labour markets, the gender gap in entrepreneurship is still wide.